Bloody, Brutal, and Barbaric?: Wrestling with Troubling War Texts

by Gordon K. Oeste and William J. Webb

Christians cannot ignore the intersection of religion and violence. In our own Scriptures, war texts that appear to approve of genocidal killings and war rape raise hard questions about biblical ethics and the character of God. Have we missed something in our traditional readings? Identifying a spectrum of views on biblical war texts, Webb and Oeste pursue a middle path using a hermeneutic of incremental, redemptive-movement ethics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830852492
• ISBN13: 9780830852499
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"